The role of birds in our lives is difficult to overestimate. We keep beautiful parrots and canaries at home, we raise chickens, ducks and geese, and we hear beautiful nightingales. Birds are always around us in cities, countryside and forests. And how many songs and poems have you dedicated to your feathered friends! And in our country there are many large and small birds, funny and sad monuments and sculptures. Behind each of these pieces is often a moving story or reminder of an important event.

Bird monuments installed in large and small cities of Russia can be divided into three large groups: sculptures with pigeons, storks and other feathered friends.

The dove is a well-known symbol of peace. Monuments with these birds are often directly associated with the end of wars and the reign of peace on Earth. The stork symbolizes the figure of the family and children. And now in order for all the feathered inhabitants of the city.

Monuments and sculptures with pigeons

Biasma. Monument to Vyazmichi who died in local military conflict

Biasma. Monument to Vyazmichi who died in local military conflict

The monument is located in the Alley of Remembrance near the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is dedicated to Vyazmichi, who died during constitutional military service. At the foot of the monument is a large granite boulder. The bronze pigeon takes off. They symbolize the souls of those who died while fighting on the battlefield, fulfilling their national defense duties and defending their homeland and comrades. The idea of creating a monument belongs to the head of the administration of the city of AK Klimenkov. This idea was embodied in bronze and granite by Smolensk sculptor Igor Chumakov.

Angarsk. dove of peace

The monument to Angarsk is a sculptural image of a flock of 17 pigeons orbiting the ground. Frozen in flight, these peaceful birds symbolize victory, peaceful life, and city building started. The monument's inauguration coincided with the Victory Day in 2005. The author is Sergey Nazarov. The overall composition has quite impressive dimensions. Each pigeon weighs 250 kg, the total weight of the monument is 8 tons and the height is 8 m. 7 million rubles were spent on construction and installation. The composition was made at the Angarsk mechanical repair plant. The main idea of the monument is to reflect people's eternal aspirations for peace and creation.

Vladivostok. Dove Monument, Symbol of Peace